U.K. Actor Julia Ormond Sues Harvey Weinstein For Alleged 1995 Assault

LOADING ERROR LOADING Julia Ormond, an English actor known for her role in “Legends of the Fall” and other 1990s films, has brought a lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 1995. Ormond’s suit, filed Wednesday in New York’s Supreme Court, also names Creative Artists Agency, or CAA, and two companies linked to Weinstein, Disney and Miramax, as defendants. Employees at a production company started by Ormond informed her that its relationship with Mirmax had soured, something she believes wouldn’t have happened “absent Weinstein’s instruction,” the lawsuit adds. They then allegedly discouraged her from filing a lawsuit at the time and warned her against speaking to anyone about what happened, because Weinstein “would sue her for libel.” In a statement Thursday, a CAA spokesperson told HuffPost that Ormond’s claims are “completely without merit” and that a review by outside counsel the agency hired in March, when Ormond approached the agency with her allegations, “found nothing to support Ms. Ormond’s claims against CAA.” The spokesperson added that Ormond’s attorneys asked the agency to pay their client $15,000,000 not to bring the allegations to light, which the agency rejected.